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View synonyms for turn one's back on

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Deny, reject; also abandon, forsake. For example, I can't turn my back on my own daughter, no matter what she's done , or He simply turned his back on them and never gave it a second thought . [c. 1400] Also see when one's back is turned .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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